Peripatus manni

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Peripatus manni
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Class: Udeonychophora
Order: Euonychophora
Family: Peripatidae
Genus: Peripatus
Species:
P. manni
Binomial name
Peripatus manni
Brues, 1913

Peripatus manni is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. [1] The male of this species has 29 pairs of legs; females have 30 or 31. [2] The type locality is in Haiti. [3]

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Peripatus danicus is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. Females of this species have 31 to 33 pairs of legs; males have 26 to 28. Females range from 26 mm to 45 mm in length, whereas males range from 9 mm to 21 mm. The type locality is in Saint Thomas Island.

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Peripatus haitiensis is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. The female of this species has 30 to 32 pairs of legs. The type locality is in Haiti.

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References

  1. ↑ Oliveira, I.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. ↑ Brues, Charles T. (1935). "Varietal Forms of Peripatus in Haiti". Psyche. 42 (1): 58–63. doi: 10.1155/1935/56795 . ISSN   0033-2615.
  3. ↑ Oliveira, I. S.; Read, V. M. S. J.; Mayer, G. (2012). "A world checklist of Onychophora (velvet worms), with notes on nomenclature and status of names". ZooKeys (211): 1–70. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.211.3463 . PMC   3426840 . PMID   22930648.


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